Anti-spam System Idea

Mon Feb 16 03:21:02 UTC 2004

I have a different idea about how spam could be dealt with, which I have yet 
to see proposed or discussed on Nanog.  Everything suggested is always a 
technical patch trying to deal with the fact that spammers can make a lot of 
money.  And, regardless of the patch you apply, they will find a way around 
it because the financial incentive is big enough.

It seems to me that if a spammer has a network of 10,000 trojaned broadband 
connected computers at his disposal to send spam, its not much use if no one 
wants to pay him to do this.  So, instead of focusing on the spammer focus 
on the spamme'rs customer.  Place the cost of spam mitigation on them, pass 
legislation that makes them liable if their product or service is advertised 
by spam.

This should generate some freedom of speech flames. :-)

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